Re:Why some apps use fake progress bars (2017)
by tomc1985 on Friday February 02, 2018 @06:41PM
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I designed and maintain a report-generating component and my system does the same thing. (Plus it is helpful as users can tell me where in the process it failed/hung) It doesn't matter how long each message sits on the screen, as long as it changes every so often. Animated, infinite progress bars also help if you don't/can't estimate ETA
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Re:Why some apps use fake progress bars (2017)
by Retra on Friday February 02, 2018 @07:21PM
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A cycling animation only tells you that your computer/UI isn't dead, it doesn't tell you that the underlying task isn't frozen.
Re:Why some apps use fake progress bars (2017)
by dingo_bat on Friday February 02, 2018 @08:28PM
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In the loading animation of windows 98 there was a horizontal bar of moving colors. And if it stopped animating, you can be 100% sure that the computer is frozen. I wonder if we can do similar with cycling animations.